The office shall transmit a copy of each application for a certificate of need determined by it to be complete, or otherwise deemed complete pursuant to Section 127220, to the appropriate area health planning agency. The area health planning agency may, at its discretion, informally review the application and provide comment on it at the public hearing held pursuant to Section 127235, if a public hearing is held. If an area health planning agency intends to provide comment on an application at a public hearing, it shall provide notice to the applicant and to the state 20 days in advance of making a comment. The comment shall be deemed to have given the area health planning agency party status.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1996.)